FMCH 2020-2021 Annual Faculty Awards Ceremony
January 12th, Tuesday - 12pm - 1pm: Please join us (virtually) to acknowledge great teaching, great care and community engagement in our department.
Faculty Development Workshop - Feedback and Evaluation
January 13th, Wednesday - 12:15pm - 1:15pm: Presented by Reid Evans, PhD
RSVP to Jennifer.masoud@umassmemorial.org for zoom information
FMCH Monthly Research Forum
January 15th, Friday - 12pm - 1pm: Yara Halasa-Rappel, DMD, PhD presents “The Cost Effectiveness of Fluoride Sealants on Primary Molars in High Caries Risk Children Under 6 Years Old”
FMCH Virtual Town Hall Meeting
January 19th, Tuesday - 12pm - 1pm: Zoom information to follow.
FMCH Grand Rounds
January 26th, Tuesday - 12 - 1pm: Stacy Potts, MD, MeD presents "Family Medicine Training: Past, Present, & Future"
Faculty Development Workshop - Feedback and Evaluation
January 28th, Thursday - 8am - 9am: Presented by Reid Evans, PhD
RSVP to Jennifer.masoud@umassmemorial.org for zoom information
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Department Member Recognition
Dennis Dimitri MD, FAAFP has been elected to a two year term as the chairman of Tobacco Free Mass. TFM is a privately-funded coalition that advocates for funding and policies that support tobacco prevention and cessation and the reduction of exposure to secondhand smoke. The coalition was formed in 1991 to pass Question One, which raised the state’s tobacco excise tax to fund, in part, the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program and other public health initiatives.
Publications
Amanda Dostaler, DO, FFMR had her GEM published by FPIN as the GEM's Spotlight Article of the Week: A Slice of Bread Less a Day Keeps Celiac Away published online by the Family Physicians Inquiries Network
Department News Spotlight
True North - Health Equity and Well Child Care Visits
Are you seeing children in your practice? Our goal this year is to make sure no child is left behind in receiving the well child visit. Currently, the organization has set a metric to improve the number of WCC visits to decrease the gap noted between ethnic minorities (Black and Latino) and whites. It is a multidisciplinary approach with Family Medicine and Pediatrics working along with OCI and IT to improve this metric.
Watch your emails for updates. These are a few things you can do in your practice:
- Actively manage scheduling of WCC visits of those who have not been seen.
- Schedule visits both in person and by telehealth as applicable.
Below are some key points to remember when scheduling or completing well childcare visits:
- Consistent with previous guidance, all well-childcare should occur in person whenever possible and within the child's medical home where continuity of care may be established and maintained.
- Our goal is to see "in person" children less than 4 years of age, those who require vaccination, and for those who require a physical exam for more complex reasons.
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Telehealth visits are part of a combined matrix of care options available to provide the right care in the right place at the right time. Use of telehealth should be based on the medical condition, preferences of the patients, families, provider, and resources available.
- Elements that require in-person care include, at a minimum, the initial newborn visit, the comprehensive physical examination; office testing, including laboratory testing, hearing, vision and oral health screening, fluoride varnish and immunizations.
- All pediatric health care services, including telehealth, should be coordinated through the medical home.
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Items that cannot be done using telehealth: the complete physical exam, immunizations, and complex medical visits.
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All telehealth visits should be followed up with a physical exam as soon as feasible.
- Parents should be educated on the processes in place to make the medical home a safe place for the clinical visit.
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Telehealth visits must be audio/video.
